Change default installation Path for docker folder

In this blog, we will show you how to change default installation path for docker folder using daemon file

SYSTEM REQUIREMENT

• Windows docker should be installed in windows 2016 container host.

DAEMON FILE CREATION

• By default, docker will be installed in c:\programdata\docker folder.

• Also, we can find the default path of docker folder using below command.

docker info

• Stop the docker service using the stop-service command.

stop-service docker

• Go-to PowerShell and type the below command to create a new file named daemon.json under C:\programdata\docker\config folder.

New-Item -ItemType file -Name daemon.json -Path c:\programdata\docker\config

• Open the daemon.json and add the below content.

{

"graph": "E:\\Docker"

}

Note : In this demonstration, we are moving docker folder from C:\ to E:\ drive

• Create a folder in E:\ drive using below command.

New-Item -ItemType directory -Path e: -Name Docker

CHANGING THE DEFAULT FOLDER PATH

• Start the docker service using below command.

start-service docker

• Service has started without any errors. Run docker info command to view the default folder path.

• The default folder has changed to E: drive now.

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